Day 3: A Song that Reminds You of Summertime

DAY 3: A SONG THAT REMINDS YOU OF SUMMERTIME

Yellowcard "Ocean Avenue"

I'm really entering the vault here with this song. My first exposure to this song was when my I would take car rides with my sister when she was in high school. She actually got to see Yellowcard play at Warped Tour in 2004. 10 years later, I took my sister to Warped Tour, where she got to see them again, and me for the first time. There's nothing quite like having that heavy violin play! I think of summertime when I hear "Ocean Avenue" for a few reasons. The first one is definitely thinking back to the summer of listening to them with my sister. I also think of summer with this song because when I hear it, I imagine sitting on the beach, just hanging out with friends. "Ocean Avenue" to me, acts like an anthem for looking back on those more carefree days as teenagers, spending your summers adventuring and wondering what life is going to be like as you grow older. And, as you now reach that point of "growing older", you want to go back to those days of not having to be all grown up. In the meantime, I still take the opportunities to play this song with the windows down during the summer, and do some reminiscing of my own.